Armand Mouyal
Armand Mouyal was a French epee world champion fencer.
Early and personal life
Born in Oran, French Algeria, Mouyal was Jewish.Fencing career
Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s.Mediterranean Games
He competed at the Mediterranean Games in [Fencing at the Fencing at the 1951 Mediterranean Games|1951 Mediterranean Games|1951] where he won a silver medal in the team épée event and in [Fencing at the Fencing at the 1955 Mediterranean Games|1955 Mediterranean Games|1955] where he won a gold medal in the team épée event.National championships
Mouyal, a French police officer, won the French national individual épée title in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.World championships
Mouyal won the world individual épée championship in 1957.He participated in team épée, winning a world championship gold medal in 1951; silver in 1953, 1955, 1961, and 1963; and bronze in 1954 and 1958.
World rankings
Mouyal was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1955, and 8th in 1956.Olympics
He was eliminated in the first round of the individual event and the second round of the team event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the French team that won a bronze medal in team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He advanced to the semifinals in individual épée.
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he placed seventh in individual épée, reaching the finals, and the French épée team was eliminated in the second round.